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Where It All Began: How I Became an Islanders Fan, Part 2
In this installment we check in with the master of FIGs and power tablature, ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles, who has graciously written up his story. For the second week in a row it's another reformed Short Island Smurf fan. Considering that there was a 10-year difference between the birth of the Mets and...
Question of the Week: What is your favorite NHL game memory?
Well, after a long break to do some teaching, I resurfaced on the blogging scene and discovered it was my turn for the Raw Charge Question of the Week. Lately, we've meandered away from tangible, direct questions about the future of the team, roster moves, predictions, etc. and instead asked about...
Stanley Cup champions, six years later
Things change in sports, that's just how it goes. From the rafters to the cellar in a matter of years... It's not like that hadn't happened before. Yes, things change, but the memories we take from the events that we see and experience... Those last forever. Revel in it. It happened. That...
Tampa Bay Lightning: Stanley Cup Champions -- Five Years Later
This still gives me chills: I do not lament the fact it's been five years since the Tampa Bay Lightning were named Stanley Cup Champions. I revel in the memories from that season. You see, once the team finished hoisting the Championship banner on October 5th, 2005 -- "a year in the making" I...
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